Joni James Platinum & Gold: The MGM Years (2002)
EMI Music Special Markets:
- CCM-301-2
(Some of these CDs are being sold— used— at Amazon):
Tracks
Disc One
- Have You Heard
- Almost Always
- Purple Shades
- Your Cheatin' Heart
- Why Don't You Believe Me
- Is It Any Wonder
- Wishing Ring
- My Love, My Love
- How Important Can It Be?
- You Are My Love
- My Believing Heart
- When We Come Of Age
- When You Wish Upon A Star
- Danny Boy
- Day Dreaming
- I'll Be Waiting For You
- You're Fooling Someone
- How Lucky You Are
- You Belong To Me
- Everyday
- I Give You My Word
Disc Two
- Is This End Of The Line?
- In A Garden Of Roses
- Dansero
- There Goes My Heart
- Little Things Mean A Lot
- There Must Be A Way
- Be My Love
- I Still Get A Thrill
- We Know
- They Really Don't Know You
- Are You Sorry
- My Prayer Of Love
- I Laughed At Love
- Perhaps
- I Still Get Jealous
- Maybe Next Time
- Give Us This Day
- I'll Never Stand In Your Way
- Nina-Non
- Mama Don't Cry At My Wedding
- Am I In Love
About the Album
“As kids, we used to sit on the stoop in Brooklyn and harmonize. I used to imitate Joni James,” Barbra told Life magazine in 1970.
“I also ... sang her hit, ‘Have You Heard,’ at club auditions, but I didn't really want to sound like her,” Streisand elaborated to the New York Times.
Joni James was a pop singer of the 1950s and early 60s. Her big hits were “Why Don't You Believe Me?” and “Have You Heard.”
In 2001, the American Film Institute honored Streisand with a Life Achievement Award and producer/director Gary Smith said, “[Barbra] had no idea that Joni James was going to come and sing for her, one of her childhood idols … ”
Indeed, James sang “The Way We Were” that evening, accompanied by Marvin Hamlisch on piano. Her performance was cut from the final television airing of the AFI show.
Then in 2002, EMI-Capitol Records released a 2-CD James retrospective, and Barbra Streisand was asked to write a tribute to her childhood singing idol.
James thanked Streisand on the CD, too: “And thanks most of all to Barbra Streisand for her sweet words—the feeling is truly mutual.”
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